EUROPE Greece Crete Ano Filippos Country Houses in the Highlands of Apokoronas Property code:

The Villa

Special, very special… original old land houses, equipped with furniture and details out of old times restored, you would try hard to find something like this. Some old, different types of houses, for 4 up to 6 guests each, most of them with a wild garden, trees, places, some hidden, to sit outside all night if you want.

Stone and wood, these are the materials you will find in the houses. Don’t care or worry if you find yourself sleeping in a bed, which has been formerly a loom, or if your kids sleep on a gallery beside the wine barrels, if the door of the bathroom – in some houses outside like in old times – was long ago the door of a small church. Its impossible to describe everything exactly.

Location

Landscape – there is only nature around and, of course, large olive groves. The village of Filippou is hidden in the hills in front of the White Mountains. 3 km above is the small town of Vrisses. There are other villages in the surrounding area. At Cap Drapanon, you often can see people doing old handicrafts, can see how they work, can visit them.

Sure you will need a car but shopping, banks, taverns, everything you need, you will find in Vrisses. To the town of Rethymnon is 30 km. The long, sandy beaches of Georgioupolis, special for children, are 10 km or 10 minutes by car. The Lake of Kournas is not far and Chania too.

Don’t hesitate.

Accommodation

This two-storey house is suitable for 6 people, and is set above a small gorge from which the house takes its name. It is surrounded by a delightful garden with stone seating and a huge mulberry tree. On the ground floor are two traditional cosy bedrooms with stone walls and wooden beamed ceilings, one with an antique double bed and one with twin beds. There is also a large living room with wooden beamed ceiling, fireplace, dining table, sofa bed, as well as shower/WC, and a small utility room with a washing machine. From the fully equipped kitchen one can reach the sun terrace. An open wooden staircase leads to the bedroom on the first floor with a double bed. A few steps higher and there is a large sun terrace with patio furniture and delightful views of the surrounding area.

Country House Pananos

Also set behind stone walls, this old villa is suitable for 4–5 people. There is an old stone patio charmingly smothered in overgrown vines and trees, with stone seating and an outside shower in front of the entrance area. The living area has a sleeping gallery with a double mattress for children, leading to a fully equipped split-level kitchen. From here there is a large living/dining room with little stone niches, a fireplace, old piano and various sofas. A few modern steps lead up to an open living area, with bookcases, some seating and a sofa bed. On the lowest level is a pretty bedroom with an antique cast iron double bed.

Outside the house is another traditionally furnished bedroom with a single bed and a sun terrace. Quaintly the shower/WC is set nearby outside in a detached little round stone building.

Holidays in winter are possible too, because the houses have a heating system.

Prices

Contact the owner for more information or to make a booking

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